Trainer Kicked my Butt!

Today is day 3 after I went to the gym and have a Free Training Session. I wasnt aware of how hard it was going to be. Maybe it isnt hard for other buts Ive never really worked out really really hard or stuck with it. As some of you know, I am getting married in 13 months. Im wanting to lose 80lbs by then. It IS do-able. I am extremely inpatient when it comes to the gym. I like to see results right away which I know doesnt happen. Anyways, my friend and I went to the Free Session and the trainer Aaron sat down and talked with us about how much body fat we had and BMI [Body Mass Index] If you want to find out yours you can do it here , I will put a list at the end of this blog of everything he told us, that I can remember :) He gave us so much information! After all the info he gave us he brought us out to get on the machines. Wow was I in for a surprise. He killed me! One of the three exercises he made us do, he got

us an exercising ball, and put it up against the wall. [RIGHT PICTURE] He wanted us to stand and go down, the other difference is, he had us put our hands above our head, which makes it really hard! [this pic is not me] He had us do this 15 times. Thats alot! For someone like me who isnt used to working out, It hurt!..A Whole Lot! After that he wanted us to go along the half wall and do "dips". It works out your triceps. [LEFT PICTURE] That was okay to do, wasnt to much pain causing :). After that we went to the treadmill that he already had running on an incline of 15 might I add, I think that's the highest it can go, and at a speed of 3.0mph. Okay Okay, that doesnt sound like alot, because when you think of MPH, or atleast me, I think of driving. Well walking at 3.0mph is prety steady, but not at an incline of 15! lol. It was tough! Thats all I have to say! So like I said, its Day 3 after that session and I am just now starting to feel better. My muscles absolutely hated me! Honestly I could barely sit down/get up! To sit on the toilet, I had to fall. lol no joke! So I will either be back in the gym tonight, or tomorrow! I am going to be getting a personal trainer as soon as I can afford it. It is $120/month for a 1-hr session once a week, which equals out to $30 an hour. Thats not to bad! Ive heard of places being $50+/hr.

Here are all the tips he gave us! :) Enjoy!

*You want your body fat to be around 20%

*Only go to the gym 3 days a week or you will be burning muscle and you dont want that. [This is interesting because I thought you had to workout more like 5 days a week]

*Now, Im not sure if this is for everyone but for me and my friend he said for you to be in a "fat burning zone" your heart rate has to be between 130-160 BPM [Beats Per Minute] and until you reach that # you cannot start your time. & you should be in that zone for 30 mintues.

*The fat you eat with your dinner is that fat that is stored in your body [I thought this was interesting too! So that pretty much means, your lowest fat intake should be for dinner..people are so used to eating such a big meal for dinner..I guess thats how our generation was brought up..i dont know..]

*10% of your workout should be Cardio, 40% Nutrition and 50% Resistance Training [weights] This was also interesting to me because I did not know that! I thought cardio was really important! I mean it's still important but I guess doing resistance training is more..Who would've thought? Not me atleast! :)

Well thats it! If I end up thinking of more later on, I will add them!

xOxOSamantha